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Rail strikes, tyre pollution and sex statistics
Do rail workers really earn £13,000 a year more than nurses?
How often do people have sex?
Looking at sex and statistics in Japan and America.
Maternity litigation, stars, bees and windowless planes
Are damages for maternity mistakes now more than wages for maternity nurses and doctors?
Hannah Fry: Understanding the numbers of cancer
The maths professor on the choices she and others have faced after a cancer diagnosis
Employment puzzle, pyramids and triplets
The UK has a low unemployment rate but lots of people not working – how come?
Are girls starting puberty earlier?
We look into a claim that the age of girls’ puberty is falling rapidly
Jubilee costs, fuel poverty and imperial measures
We debunk a claim the government is spending £38,000 per household on the Jubilee
Noisy Decisions
The world’s most famous psychologist on how 'noise' impacts our decision making
Are young people more single than ever before?
How to define and measure being single – and are dating apps to blame?
Germany’s excess deaths, Eurovision and teacher shortages
Did Germany really fare worse than the UK in the pandemic?